Scott Hays, CFA

Founder and Chief Investment Officer

Scott is a seasoned professional with a distinguished career in the financial industry.

Before founding Symphony One Capital Management, Scott was the Lead Portfolio Manager at RiverFront Investment Group, an $8 billion AUM spin-out of Wachovia Securities. Over his eight-plus year tenure at RiverFront, he earned multiple promotions and consistently achieved attractive investment performance.

Prior to RiverFront, Scott was the co-founder and Chief Investment Officer of a market neutral hedge fund, spent six years in an analytical consulting role with Analysis Group, and also spent time at Carlson Capital.

Scott received an MBA from the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business (High Honors) in 2012 and a BBA from Millsaps College (Summa Cum Laude) in 2007.

Dr. Walter Torous

Senior Advisor

Dr. Torous is an expert in financial and quantitative analysis, specializing in the pricing of complex financial instruments, including options, futures, risky debt, and mortgages. His research has advanced the understanding of asset valuation, both liquid and illiquid, while addressing complex statistical challenges in finance.

Dr. Torous is a Professor Emeritus of Finance at the UCLA Anderson School of Business and a Senior Lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania.

Before Symphony One, Dr. Torous and Scott worked together for six years in financial consulting, focusing on building models to value an array of financial instruments.

Glenn Schoonover

Vice President of Investor Relations

Glenn is a dynamic and results oriented professional with a distinguished career in the financial services industry.

Before joining Symphony One Capital Management, Glenn specialized in trading financial derivatives through a proprietary trading account with $25 million under management.

Prior to proprietary trading, Glenn was a co-founder of Royal Crest Financial, where he spearheaded new business acquisition efforts. In his day-to-day role he advised the fund manager on investment strategy and actively participated in securities trading. Before founding Royal Crest Financial, he spent time with Edward Jones Investments as well as Banker’s Life Advisory Services, where he was the first person to acquire assets under management in Northern Virginia for Banker’s Life and was the youngest associate to receive his Series 7 and Series 66 licenses.

Austin Cook

Senior Investor Relations Associate

Austin enjoys building long-term relationships with our clients and providing them guidance on our investment strategies.

Austin’s professional experience includes being the managing partner of a boutique advisory firm, specializing in arranging commercial real estate bridge loans up to and exceeding $100 million and providing tailored financing solutions for businesses.  Prior to the advisory firm, he held various consulting roles.